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Smithville School Board sets tax levy

SMITHVILLE — The Smithville Board of Education recently set the 2026 tax rate at $4.7504 per $100 of assessed valuation. The tax rate is the same as the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 tax years.

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Smithville School Board sets tax levy

SMITHVILLE — The Smithville Board of Education recently set the 2026 tax rate at $4.7504 per $100 of assessed valuation. The tax rate is the same as the 2023-2024 and…

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Kearney couple honors late son

KEARNEY — Earlier this month, the National Down Syndrome Society took over Time Square and shared a video presentation on a jumbo screen, generously donated by Clear Channel, in the heart of Times Square.

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SENIOR NEWS LINE: Time to speed up walking

By Matilda CharlesIs it 10,000 steps per day we need to walk? Or is it 6,000 to 8,000? Or can we get by with only 3,000 to 4,000 steps each day?The answer, apparently, is that it depends on who is giving us those numbers.That 10,000 number started as an advertising ploy. Back in 1965 a…

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MOVIE REVIEW: 'Stunt Driver' needs stunt double

By Simonie Wilson Based on a true story about Ken Carter, a Canadian stunt driver and reluctant Evil Knievel contemporary, this story and the actors in it (Jay Baruchel of “She’s Out of My League,” “How to Train Your Dragon” and “Blackberry,” Ed Helms of “Vacation,” “Tag” and “The Hangover” and Ben Foster of “Hell…

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Critical to reflect on Sept. 11 25 years later

Time stood still at 8:46 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, and I can still remember every moment that followed. The sky was clear and blue that morning and it was the first year of my teaching career, my fifth day to be exact. I was just out of college, still living with my parents…